Inman v. Clark

PEDEN, Justice.

Appellants brought this suit seeking, among other relief, foreclosure of their mechanic’s and materialman’s lien for their work as painters on a townhouse which the appellees, Mr. and Mrs. Clark, bought from its owner and builder, Mr. Dawson, as appellants were finishing their work on it and before they had filed their lien with the county clerk.

The jury found that Mr. Dawson had entered into an oral contract with the appellants to have them paint the townhouse and fixed the amount of the appellants’ remuneration at $1,867.

The trial court entered a judgment in favor of the…